1. Appenzellar to Spahr, June 14, 1944. Spahr Papers 1003-71, DCA.
2. E.g., Corson to Spahr, Oct. 25, 1940: Miss Morris wants a tea closet in her recreational reading room, "a nicety but not a necessity." Spahr, Oct. 26: Will accept Corson's judgment. Spahr Papers.
3. Information from Mrs. Pauline Lay, secretary.
4. Marts and Lundy, survey report, 1947. DCA.
5. Information from Boyd Lee Spahr, to whom the requirement could be satisfied by Methodist parentage or baptism.
6. Spahr to Corson, July 17, 1940. Spahr Papers.
7. List of donors, June 5, 1936. Spahr Papers 1003-23
8. Appenzellar to Spahr, June 14, 1944. Spahr Papers 1003-7. He quotes Spahr on the estimate of giving.
9. Dickinson Alumnus, Dec., 1936, p. 7.
10. Trustee Minutes, Dec. 17, 1938, p. 223. DCA.
11. Ibid., Dec. 12, 1936, p. 183.
12. Ibid., June 7, 1935, p. 156.
13. E.g., S. Walter Stauffer to Gilbert Malcolm, Sept. 19, 1928, DCA: "My allegiance to Dickinson is tied up largely with my fraternity." A loyal trustee through many years, he here makes his contribution conditional upon fairer treatment for Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
14. Faculty Minutes, Nov. 4, 1935; March 15, 1938. Corson to Guy L. Rohrbaugh, Dec. 18, 1936 and April 21, 1937. DCA.
15. Dickinsonian, April 18, 1935.
16. Address of President Corson, Faculty Minutes, Sept. 14, 1940.
17. Spahr to Corson, Nov. 21, 1934; Sept. 18, 1935; Nov. 22, 1935; Feb. 10, 1942, on "the obtaining of football boys who are also good students." Spahr Papers.
18. Wilbur J. Gobrecht, History of Dickinson College Football, 1885-1969 (Carlisle, 1971), pp. 184, 214.
19. Dorothy E. Burns to Morgan, March 5, 1934, with reply. DCA.
20. John B. Nicholson, Jr., to George Shuman, Jr., June 6, 1959. DCA.
21. Russell I. Thompson and John B. Nicholson, Jr., "Significant Influences on General Circulation in a Small College Library," Library Quarterly, vol. 11 (1941), pp. 142-85.
23. Nicholson to Shuman, June 6, 1959.
24. Milton Walker Eddy, "Hair Classification," Proceedings of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science, vol. 12 (1938), pp. 19-26. Arthur Larsen, "Detective by a Hair," American Mercury, vol. 83 (1956), pp. 117-22.
25. Dickinson College Faculty, questionnaire for Middle States, Sept. 5, 1944. DCA.
26. Trustee Minutes, June 5, 1936.
27. Marts and Lundy Survey report, interviews 80, 82.
28. Faculty Minutes, Dec. 2, 1935, pp. 154-55.
29. Trustee Minutes, June 4, 1937, pp. 192-93.
30. Herbert Wing, Jr., Recommendations of the History Department concerning Reading Periods, Nov. 2, 1939. DCA.
31. Faculty Minutes, Sept. 12, Nov. 2, Dec. 10, 1936; April 7, May 20, 1937. Alumnus, Sept., 1938, p. 16. Information from Herbert Wing, Jr.
32. New York Times, July 3, 1938.
33. information from Herbert Wing, Jr. Listed as a two-hour required course for Seniors in the catalogue, 1938-39, 1939-40, it last appears in the 1940-41 issue with the requirement omitted.
34. Dickinson College Curriculum, Jan.-April, 1940. DCA.
35. Correspondence, Corson and President Ching Juu Lin, 1935-38. DCA.
36. Spahr to Corson, Dec. 16, 1941. Spahr Papers. Trustee Minutes, Dec. 13, 1941; Dec. 15, 1945.
37. Spahr to Corson, Jan. 25, 1939; Oct. 21, 24, 1940. Spahr Papers. Brochure on founding dates, Spahr Papers 1003-B. Trustee Minutes, Dec. 14, 1940.
38. Spahr on the inadequacy of library facilities and plan for financing improvements, Trustee Minutes, Dec. 17, 1938, pp. 226-28. Completion of the work, ibid., Dec. 13, 1941, p. 292.
39. Ibid., Feb. 12, 1944, pp. 338-39. Alumnus, Feb., 1944, pp. 1-3. In Trustee Minutes, May 21, 1943, Corson had reported, confidentially, a contract "much more favorable" than those secured by other institutions.
40. Merle W. Allen in Marts and Lundy survey report.
41. Spahr to Corson, Dec. 11, 1937; Spahr to Paul Appenzellar, Feb. 5, 1940; Corson to Spahr, May 13, 1942. Spahr Papers. Appenzellar to Spahr, Feb. 21, 1943, in unusually explosive and revealing mood. Spahr Papers 1003-65
42. Corson to Spahr, Sept. 14, 1943; Spahr to Corson, Dec. 13, 1943 and April 29, 1944; Spahr Papers 1003-65.
43. Trustee Minutes, Dec. 14, 1943. The change is said to have been inspired by a recent appearance of the President of Boston University wearing a unique presidential gown, and has also been related to the gift of "a Purple Silk Coat" described by Charles Nisbet in a letter of July 3, 1793. DCA.
45. Robert H. Rich to Spahr, June 14, 1944, ibid., 1003-71. Appenzellar had accepted Corson's allowing his name on first ballot, since in Church as in secular politics that was a "favorite son" affair, never resulting in an election.
46. Appenzellar to Malcolm, June 9, 1944. Spahr Papers 1003-71.
47. Drayer to Spahr, June 15, 1944. Ibid.
48. June 9, 20, 26, 1944. Ibid.
49. Spahr to Executive Committee, June 12, 1944. Ibid. Trustee Minutes, June 30, 1944, p. 354.
50. June 23, 1944, Spahr Papers 1003-71.
51. Spahr to Thompson, July 6, 1944. Thompson report, Spahr Papers 1003-73
52. Charles C. Tillinghast to Prettyman, Nov. 27 , 1944 and related correspondence DCA.
53. Gardner Hays to Spahr, June 19, 194-4. Spahr Papers 1003-71.
54. Free Dickinsonian, July 17, 1944, p. 1.
55. Prettyman to Spahr, Sept. 20, 1944. Spahr Papers 1003-74. Information from Benjamin D. James.
56. Prettyman to Spahr, June 26, 1944. Spahr Papers 1003-71. Trustee Minutes, Dec. 9, 1944.
57. Oct. 10, 1944. Spahr Papers 1003-74.
58. Marts and Lundy report, interview with Vuilleumier.
59. Trustee Minutes, Dec. 15, 1945.
60. Prettyman to Spahr, Oct. 14, 1944. Spahr Papers 1003-74.
61. Corson to Spahr, May 31, 1944. Spahr Papers 1003-65. Trustee Minutes, Dec. 9, 1944, p. 356; Dec. 15, 1945, p. 382. Spahr to Executive Committee, Oct. 14, 1953. Spahr Papers 1003-75.
62. Correspondence, Nov., 1945. Spahr Papers 1003-25. Information from Whitfield J. Bell, Jr.
63. Dickinsonian, May 16, 1946; Oct. 29, 1948.
64. Attendance Regulations, Feb. 1, 1946, pp. 1-16, rules; 17-23, penalties DCA. Faculty Minutes, Sept. 20, 1947, pp. 6-7, removal of fixed penalties.
65. Dickinsonian, March 28, 1946.
66. Suggestions Considered Requisite by the Students of Dickinson College for the Improvement of the College, Dec. 15, 1945. DCA.
67. Carlisle Evening Sentinel, Dec. 8, 1945. Dickinsonian, Dec. 13, 1945.
69. Spahr to Corson, Nov. 14, 1945. Spahr Papers 1003-25. Arthur S. Flemming to C. C. Sellers, Jan. 4, 1971. DCA
70. "West Chester State Teachers College," AAUP Bulletin, vol. 25 (1939), pp. 44-72.
71. Information from Whitfield J. Bell, Jr.
72. Vide Microcosm, 1915, p. 56: "He came from Baltimore with the avowed intention of showing how the college should be run .... Bill is a born poet."
73. Trustee Minutes, Dec. 14, 1946, pp. 402-05. Alumnus, Feb., 1947, p. 1.
74. Trustee Minutes, Dec. 14, 1946, pp. 402, 405.
75. Faculty Minutes, May 6, 1946, p. 201. Saul Sack, History of Higher Education in Pennsylvania (Harrisburg, 1963), vol. 2, p. 615.
76. Faculty Minutes, Sept. 20, 1947; Nov. 1, 1948.
77. Middle States Association, Report, March 7, 8, 9, 1949. DCA. Alumnus, May, 1949, pp. 1-3. Trustee Minutes, June 3, 1949, pp. 467-68.
78. Dickinson College Chapter archives.
80. Trustee Minutes, Dec. 14, 1946. Spahr to Stauffer, Sampson and Masland, Dec. 31, 1946. Spahr Papers.
81. Trustee Minutes, June 3, 1949, pp. 471-72.
82. Faculty Minutes, Sept. 9, 1950.
83. Conference with Ward, Wells and Dreshman, Nov. 25, 1946. Spahr Papers.
84. Trustee Minutes, June 4, 1948. pp. 441-42. Spahr Papers 1003-27-1.
86. Spahr to Edel, Jan. 9, 1947, Spahr Papers. Trustee Minutes, June 4, 1948, pp.440-41,446.
87. William S. Heckscher, Maces. An Exhibition of American Ceremonial Academic Sceptres (Durham, N.C., 1970), with related papers. DCA. Mary Dickinson Club, Trustee Minutes, Dec. 4, 1954, pp. 97-98.
88. Catherine S. Eitemiller, '46, to Spahr, Feb. 3, 1953. Spahr Papers.
89. information from George Shuman, Jr.
90. Shuman to Spahr, Dec. 4, 1958, Spahr Papers 1003-27-1; and Dec. 30, 1958, ibid. 1003-1.
91. Spahr Papers 1003-27-1. Trustee Minutes, June 2, 1956, pp. 169-72.
92. Said to have been Oscar Weamer Nestor, instructor in Economics, 1949-50.
93. Faculty Minutes, May 12, 1950, pp. 262-63. Ibid., Dec. 4, 1950, p. 19.
94. Ibid., Dec. 3, 1951, pp. 98-99; March 3, 1952, pp. 114-16.
95. Ibid., March 5, 1951, p. 35; April 2, 1951, p. 37; April 11, 1951, p. 38.
96. Ibid., April 2, 1951, p. 37.
97. Dickinson College, Charter and Bylaws (Carlisle, 1956), sec. 20j, p. 23.
98. Trustee Minutes, June 6, 1952, p. 8.
99. Faculty Minutes, Sept. 15, 1952, p. 190.
100. Dickinsonian, April 8, 1949. Microcosm, 1951, p. 102.
101. Faculty Minutes, May 29, 1958.
102. Trustee Minutes, June 6, 1952, p. 3.
103. Ibid., Dec. 9, 1950, pp. 511, 513.
104. Faculty Minutes, June 2, 5, 1952, pp. 158, 164. Trustee Minutes, June 6, 1952. "Doll Show," Dickinsonian, Dec. 18, 1953.
105. Trustee Minutes, Dec. 9, 1950, p. 513.
108. Opening, 1949, with "Ladies of the Jury," followed by "The Tempest," 1950. The first Barnes production had been "The Coventry Nativity Play," Dec. 19, 1946.
109. Faculty Minutes, Feb. 2, 1953, pp. 222-23.
110. Spahr to Edel, Nov. 27, 1953; Edel to Spahr, March 23, 1954. Spahr
111. Trustee Minutes, June 6, 1952, p. 20.
112. Faculty Minutes, April 18, 1955, pp. 172-73.
113. Spahr to Edel, Nov. 27, 1953; Spahr "To the Students of Dickinson College," Aug. 16, 1954; Spahr to Edel, Oct. 30, 1956, admits that the letter to the students had been "largely your composition," although one point was certainly a Spahr insertion, "Also, it will enable the College, as soon as the church is built, to convert the present chapel in Bosler Hall into library space which is most urgently needed." Spahr Papers.
114. George Shuman, Jr., finally informed Spahr, March 4, 1958, that student assemblies and lectures could not be held in the church. The "Methodist sources" have not been published. Spahr was aware, June 30, 1959, of $110,000 borrowed by the College, of which $25,000 had been met by "six conferences or individuals." Spahr Papqrs 1003-27-1. Trustee Minutes, Dec. 12, 1959, show Malcolm's report of $25,000 from the Kresge Foundation ("I was touched when I turned over the check and found written in long hand, 'in the name and for the sake of Jesus Christ, Stanley S. Kresge.' "). Spahr to Malcolm, Jan. 13, 1960, Spahr Papers 1003-W, indicates that some conferences had failed to make anticipated contributions to the project, while all the support allocated to Dickinson by others was going into it.
115. Trustee Minutes, Jan. 23, 1954.
116. Spahr Papers 1003-83. Edel to Robert E. Woodside, June 1, 1955. Papers of Trustee Committee on College- Fraternity Relations, DCA. Faculty Minutes, April 9, 1956, p. 280.
117. Spahr to Woodside, Jan. 6, 1955. Spahr Papers 1003-83. Trustee Minutes, June 10, 1955,p.116.
119. April 27, 1953. DCA. May 30, 1953. AAUP Chapter archives.
120. Whitfield J. Bell, Jr., to Spahr, Jan. 20, 1954. Spahr Papers 1003-B.
121. Trustee Minutes, June 10, 1955, p. 114.
122. Ibid., June 11, 1954, pp. 86-88 and June 10, 1955, pp. 128-33.
123. Trustee Minutes, June 10, 1955, pp. 118-19.
124. Spahr to Chambers, Jan. 8, and reply, Jan. 24, 1958; Chambers to Spahr, April 2, 1958; and Allen to Spahr, April 11, 1958. Spahr Papers 1003-85.
125. Edel to Spahr, March 20, 1956. Spahr Papers 1003-82. Spahr to Executive Committee. Ibid., 1003-15. AAUP Bulletin, vol. 44 (1958), pp. 137-38.
126. Faculty Minutes, March 19, 21, 1956, pp. 273-77. Edel to Spahr, May 10, 1956. Spahr Papers 1003-82.
127. Spahr to Malcolm, June 21, 1956. Spahr Papers 1003-82.
128. Spahr Papers 1003-82. Faculty Minutes, May 31, 1956, pp. 291-95. Trustee Minutes, June 1, 1956, pp. 152-55, 160-61.
129. Corson to Spahr, March 28, 1956. Spahr Papers 1003-82.
130. William Wilcox Edel, John and Mary's College over Susquehanna (N.Y., San Francisco & Montreal, 1956).
131. Spahr to George Henry Ketterer, April 30, 1956. Spahr Papers 1003-82.
132. Spahr to Malcolm, April 19, 1960. Spahr Papers.
133. Trustee Minutes, June 1, 1956, p. 161; Dec. 8, 1956, pp. 182-83.
135. Finck to Spahr, April 2, 1958. Spahr Papers 1003-78.
136. Edel to Spahr, Aug, 24, 1956. Spahr Papers. Faculty Minutes, Sept. 24, Oct. 1, 1956, pp. 1, 5-7.
137, Trustee Minutes, Dec. 14, 1958, "this most appropriate timing added interest to the gift."
138. Faculty Minutes, May 31, 1956, p. 296.
139. AAUP Bulletin, vol. 44 (1958), p. 661. The committee report appears on pp. 137-50, with reports on other cases of Communist association at New York University, University of Michigan, Reed College, University of Southern California.
140. Dickinsonian, May 31, 1958. Malcolm to Spahr, Sept. 23, 1958, on editor Robert Bohi; Spahr to Charles H. Nuttle, Sept. 26, 1958. Spahr Papers 1003-B.
141. Faculty Minutes, Oct. 7, 1957: Edel spoke on "Education for Change," and "The Self- educating Student." Trustee Minutes, May 30, 1957, report the Camp Shand meetings of Sept. 13- 14, under the direction of the Dean's office, with 40 separate discussions leading to a report of 70 pages. Kuebler to Ness, Oct., 1957, DCA, with terse disesteem for the published conclusions.
142. Faculty Minutes, May 5, 29, 1958, pp. 182, 191.
143. Trustee Minutes, Dec. 14, 1957, pp, 220-22, 225. Executive Committee Minutes, March 27, 1958, pp. 232 A-B. DCA. Trustee Minutes, May 29, 1958 pp. 239,249-50.
144. April 29, 1958. Spahr Papers 1003-85.
145. Trustee Minutes, June 4, 1959, p. 277. Correspondence, Spahr Papers 1003-D to G. Frank E. Masland, Jr., to Arthur D. Platt, Dec. 8, 1969. DCA.